| Description : Giuseppe Verdi (1813‐1901), the Italian composer of the
Romantic period, became famous above all for his operas, including Rigoletto, Otello and Falstaff. The 200th anniversary
of his birth is the occasion for this commemorative coin, which was designed after the 1886 oil painting Portrait of
Giuseppe Verdi, seated by Giovanni Boldini (1842‐1931). Below is his name "G. VERDI" and above it his
year of birth "1813" (left) and the year of issue "2013" (right). On the left is the ligature of the country "RI"
(Repubblica Italiana, Italian Republic), on the right the "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e
Zecca dello Stato in Rome. The initials "MCC" of the medallist Maria Carmela Colaneri appear on the lower right. |
